Top 10 False Beliefs TopTenners Have About TheTopTens

I've been censored far more harshly in comments these past few months, sure, profanity was always banned, but it's gotten stricter in some ways.

To be honest, I don't agree with the fact that profanity's not permitted.
However, they used to be more lenient on swearing, but they're much more harsh now.

TheTopTens has been around since 2005. Profanity has never been allowed. Simple as that.

Nah, it was always banned. It just got a stricter re-enforcement

I've found this regulation to be suitably flexible regarding what I've said about most users, however, there are some cases where this regulation goes too far, and it allows the quality of the site to worsen under that person's influences. That's what makes me unhappy about it, and I can understand why so many other respected users are unhappy too.

Fair, civil criticism of the opinions of others is certainly allowed. Personally attacking another user is not. If you do not agree with someone's ordering of a list or their reasoning for voting a certain way, it's perfectly fine to explain why. Saying they're are stupid because of their opinion is not.

Fair, unbiased, lawful criticism is allowed.

This isn't true because I've been criticised

Patently false. The administration does listen to and consider user feedback. This does not mean that the administration puts into place every suggestion that is made or changes course every time someone makes an objection. It's not possible to do everything everyone wants.

I've said "Hello! " to the admin before and s/he replied. I couldn't think of something to say after that, so I left the conversation hanging.

This is true in theory, but I have often received no reply to a question or concern.

Once I said to the admin "Thanks" and the admin replied "You're Welcome! "

The internet is a vast network of interconnected computers that people can use to access or share information. TheTopTens believes the Internet should remain open. The individual's ability to visit the sites they choose should not be restricted. Additionally, individuals should be able to create their own websites with whatever information they choose and those sites should be accessible to anyone who wants to view them. Of course, each individual bears the responsibility for their online actions, but the freedom to make them should be available.

TheTopTens is not "the Internet". TheTopTens is a single location connected to the Internet. The owners of TheTopTens have every right to determine how they want their own site to function. Claiming otherwise is akin to someone spray painted graffiti all over your house and then accusing you of censorship when you clean it off.

Some people falsely believe their right to free speech entitles them to say whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want. The simple fact is there are limits to free speech.

For starters, there is abundant legislation regarding incitement, slander, obscenity, threatening language, bullying, and copyright. Secondly, nobody at your local news station is going to let you walk on to a live set and say whatever you want and nobody is going to accuse them of violating your rights when they deny you. People do not have give up their rights in order to facilitate yours.

Freedom of speach is only subject to government funded sites or anything regarding the government and due to the fact this site is a privately owned business you can get censored if they find that you have violated their terms of service. don't exercise your rights if you don't even know what they are or what they mean.

Some users just take too much advantages of freedom of speech,freedom of speech is not a good reason to insult others.

I hate when people think they can say whatever they want and complain when they get in trouble.Get educated.

Users love to accuse the staff of doing whatever they want, implying decisions are made on a whim. The truth is, the staff does do what they want. TheTopTens staff WANTS to do what is best for the site. They want the site to build on its 10 year history and continue to grow. They want to make people happy and keep them coming back. So, yeah, they do make decisions based on what they want, but that doesn't mean they are made in a vacuum or without a thought given to the ramifications of those decisions.

When complaining about various aspects of the site, users love to remind the people who created the site why they feel the site was created. Ironically, without any sense of irony.

I think they do

The truth is, it is not practical to manually read through the thousands of submissions the site receives each and every day. Much of that content is posted without ever having been reviewed by a human moderator. Some is set aside for someone to look at.

So if you see a comment or a post you object to, or if your comment doesn't show up on the site immediately, before you fly off the handle and accuse the staff of bias, censorship, or hypocrisy, bear in mind the truth of the matter is far less dramatic.

Frequently, when a list is ranked differently from what a visitor expects, they accuse the staff of injecting personal bias. The staff has been accused of being Filipino, Korean, Japanese, Indian, Jewish, Anti-Semitic, and many more.

The truth is, all lists on TheTopTens are ranked according to an algorithm that takes into account votes and remixes. Like all visitors, admins are able to vote on or remix lists, but they are bound by the same rules as other users and their input is given zero additional weight.

Less on most toptenners, but this is a common belief to visitors and newcomers in the site, hence why this site seems to have a down rep outside of this website.

I've never thought this - except for the Overrated Users list that is...

Users aren't given much context to why a user was suspended, which makes them conclude that this is the case. This, obviously, is not true. Suspensions have reasons, and whether or not you can infer why a user was suspended, doesn't automatically make it out of left field.